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Holdfast. As a kid, I used to love finding seaweed on the beach after a big storm. We would wield short strands of kelp like clubs in mock fights, twirl the long ones above our heads so they’d whistle in the wind, and pop the little air-and-slime-filled bladders. Once in a while we’d even find a root-like holdfast. Holdfasts. Such a lovely name; such an unglamorous appearance. By the time a holdfast shows up on the beach, it is dead: brittle and broken, a woody knot no longer holding fast to...

Autumn greetings, contemplatives. Here I am, as I am. We came, physically, from across western Canada. We came, virtually, from Texas and North Carolina and Quebec and North Carolina and Ontario and Washington and Illinois and Maryland and New York and Ohio and Alberta. We showed up with rescue dogs and gardening tools; we showed up from kitchens and studies and the top of a windy Alberta park, wearing a warm toque. In this world, as it is. We came with grief over deaths and the environmental...

SUMMER SPECIAL: Use the coupon code, 38T6TM3P, to receive a 20% discount on all TCS store purchases from August 01st to September 02nd, 2024. August 2024 Newsletter content August Greetings from The Contemplative Society! We wanted to get this newsletter to you early in the month so that you still have time to register for our upcoming September 2024 retreat with Heather Ruce. Please note that the registration deadline is August 31 and we are also organizing a rideshare program so if you...

“There is a great difference between comprehending the knowledge of things and tasting the hidden life of them.” Quaker mystic Isaac Pennington Summer greetings from the Contemplative Society! This newsletter features a personal invitation from Heather Ruce to join our upcoming Wisdom School in Sorrento BC from September 8-12, 2024. Since the earlybird deadline for registration is fast approaching, we hope you will find this a timely reminder and inspiration to click on the link below and...